Here's a start to a list of Irish acts now considered Naff by the great unwashed public....
CHRIS DE BURGH
Printable View
Here's a start to a list of Irish acts now considered Naff by the great unwashed public....
CHRIS DE BURGH
Well I've always said there was only ever one truly foxy chick in Bewitched ...and it will always be Elizabeth Montgomery.
Those twins hit every single branch ..either that or spent the first half of their teens breaking into cars -using their faces as mallets.
Buffalo G have to be the worst. They were on Adam and Joe once, A&J told them they would play out the show when it came to the end they cut them off and played the credits over them.:D
Others that spring to mind:
The Revs
OTT
Six
Foster & Allen doing Bunch Of Thyme on Top of the Pops must be close to topping any list.
Fúck that was awful!
Naffest thing I've ever seen, and I've seen Sonny Knowles! :D
Snow Patrol are getting there trust me
U2 are pretty damn naff aswell now that I think of it
Loved the interview on Podge & Rodge. "But seriously now. Have youse no f*cking shame!"Quote:
Originally Posted by stann
The Carter Twins were shocking. That debut video for Six was a total cheesefest. Some other pop band Dove were quite awful too. Murdered Crowded House's Dont Dream Its Over.
Hand on heart that video for Six's debut single was the naffiest thing I've seen since my neighbour used to go around dressed in a NAFF t-shirt and NAFF jacket in July.
But I'm with LTID that Snow Patrol are quickly catching U2 as Ireland's most embaressing export
Sorry for dragging another musical topic back to the 1980s but there was a really naff (I say "sh!te) band with a naff name who had naff songs.
There were called Light A Big Fire and they once had a single called C.I.A. which boasts the beautiful lyrics:
"...If I was the CIA,
I would kill everyone,
Who got in my way..."
Look at them here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fMwFglydgU
.
Vocalist/lyricist Tom McLaughlin of Light a Big Fire... now writes Stageplays. And I asked for people's views on some of the Naffest Irish bands ever, and your opinion is welcome ! :D
You mean Shane Lynch's sisters? I thought Lynsey what's her face was cute. Their music was godawful and your wan from Newbridge was actually 2 years older than she let on to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
u2.. without a shadow of a doubt
Bewitched - for the sheer tragi / comic tour de force that was the "Ce'st la vie" video and the spoken asides in the song "What are ye loike" and "I foight like me Da as well". :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
Boyzone - the cringeworthy / shambolic / hilarious first appearance on the Late Late Show. Gay Byrne asked each of "the Band" what instrument they played. It seemed about 3 of them said they played the Piano. A keyboarding extravaganza beckoned. That was before the infamous dance routine kicked off!! :D
Daniel O'Donnell - specifically for the change of musical direction away from Country and the hardcore foray into 50's rock and roll standards a few years ago. They said it would never work - they were right! :D
The Cranberries - Maybe some of the great unwashed disagree but when the Cranberries got political - the lyrics were mortifiying.
Pure comedy that was! I remember watching the Late Late at the time, and it was one of the funniest things Ive ever witnessed. They were announced as ireland's answer to "Take That". Thought it was a delibarate comedy sketch at the time! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
I still maintain it was a disgrace that they were on the late late show that night and the producer should have been sacked for it. I've made the point on another thread that at around the same time The Cranberries had to get to no.8 in the US Billboard chart to get a feature like that on one of our national broadcasters flagship programmes.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
Meanwhile these tosspots are rounded up from the front of a courthouse somewhere and parachuted in for an advert you simply couldn't pay for. Evidence of all that's bad in RTE.
A disgrace I say again -and a pox on the fcuker who facilitated it.
Yip. Obviously Louis was greasing the producer's palm and as well as Boyzone's chests!
Brush Sheils!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
Can't believe no-one has mentioned the Sawdoctors yet
Werent Shane Lynch's other sister in another band, FAB or something, they all had piercings. Not one attractive wan amongst them. Juniper's "Weatherman" was an awful one, going back a few years. It makes me cringe when guidebooks go on about Ireland's musical heritage. And U2, Cranberries, Sinead O'Connor and Westlife, jumbled in as if they mean something to anyone.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
Light a big fire were a good band. Saw them live a number of times and they always put on a good show.
Quoting lyrics out of context is a bit of a cheap shot too. Generally speaking, rock lyrics read like crap without the music (hardly surprising as most of them are written by 17-25 year old blokes).
Yeah I think that was Buffalo G, as I mentioned above absolutely awfulQuote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L0lOjOOOGMc
Indeed. Met them at a do in Belfast ...when I say "met" I mean crept along the wall on opposite side of room out of fear they'd mug me, stick a nail-file to my throat and demand I hand over my mobile phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
If they'd girl-bands in munchkin land they might look like this lot. Not enough Ks', Is', Cs', Es' or Ds' in KICKED to do justice to them.
As for the younger Lynch wan in Buffalo G and the ...entity with her. Merciful fcuk!!!
...I wonder was Mammy Lynch always a Lynch. I strongly suspect so.
I just can't understand the popularity of the following: the Frames, Damien Rice, Paddy Casey and all those other earnest singer/song writers. They all come across as soulless and dull as ditch (or is it dish) water. Try plugging in the fúcking guitar, thats what electricty is for.
Plug Rice in and you get Snow Patrol. They're actually the same interchangable persona y'know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamjar
Power On -Lightbody
Power Off -Rice
Power On -Lightbody
Power Off -Rice
Power On -Lightbody
Power Off -Rice
Diabetics be warned -they're just too NICE
The Thrills didnt turn out to be too great, did they? a few decent singles, one half ok album. that's it.
I saw LABF in The Warwick in Galway in the mid/late 80's too. To be fair, the gig attracted a decent sized crowd but they just didn't float my boat. I only picked on those lyrics as they epitomized LABF for me and I cannot recall a line from any other song despite massive airplay on RTE radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marked Man
You may think that it was "a cheap shot" for me to quote lyrics but as lyrics go, it was really pathetic.
George Murphy (what ever happend to him?)
Whinging, angst ridden bed wetters all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamjar
David Gray is the most original and talented of the genre but he's created a monster........and its a ruddy caterwauling, bed wetting, Leviathan.
OK Damien, Paddy etc all - I get it - you're a tortured soul - now **** OFF!!
WAR, does Method-ist visit Foot.ie? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
David Gray is Welsh. He was merely adopted by us and given a career for the same imponderable reasons Chris Rea was a generation earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Yeah, knew he was Welsh alright. Mentioned him in the sense that his success did influence and pave the way for a raft of Irish "sensitive" artists that have a tendency to melt the head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
David Gray (a Welshman) has written some good tunes in fairness to him.
One word: DanaQuote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
We have all kinds of everything in Naffdom :D
Yeah sure they've never done anything...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
Threads like this are almost always stupid because it's just people's opinions.
What did you expect? How can a bunch of Smug well off Southsiders have anything in their life experience worth writing songs about? Once they ran out of places they visited on their holidays in California to write about they were fecked.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
And they 'd never have street cred... :D
i think they are the biggest load of overrated toshQuote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
A light-hearted thread with some harmless nonsense thrown in - no harm from time to time.Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
A variety of topics with varying degrees of seriousness add to the forum and cater for everyone.
Opinions are so over-rated afterall.
Lets just get on with excitement of the Facts and Stats!!
I think he may well when this link is sent to him :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub
Koh